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(Courtesy: Global Kids Connect, Launch/July 2011)Kids Connect for Trauma Recovery on Eve of 9/11

Unique Event at St. Luke’s Hospital Annual Back-to-School Event  

New York, NY, September 8, 2011– The 10^th anniversary of 9/11  coincides with the time kids return to school and with the release by the New York Department of Education of a new curriculum that schools can use to teach students about the events of September 11. To address the stress of this time, and to help educate kids about 9/11, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital is including a special workshop at their 4^th annual Child and Family Institute’s Back-to-School Event that includes self-esteem exercises, healing songs, and an exchange of dolls made by children from Haiti and Japan who survived the recent earthquakes and tsunami.

Where:            St. Luke’s Hospital, Babcock Cafeteria, 419 W. 114^th St. (btw Amsterdam Ave. & Morningside Dr.), NYC

When:             Thursday, September 8, 2011, from 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM

At the workshop, the New York children will be making dolls with messages of hope to be sent to kids in Haiti and Japan who have gone through the recent earthquakes there.  Last month, 100 dolls were decorated by Japanese children after the recent tragic tsunami/earthquake in that country and brought to Haiti where they were given to children who survived the earthquake there.   

“The circle of dolls makes the children who have gone through terrible tragedies know that children in other countries care about them.  The psychological impact of this, and learning simple techniques to feel good, is healing and also fun,”  says noted New York clinical psychologist, Dr. Judy Kuriansky, founder of the Global Kids Connect Project, a popular radio and TV personality, and humanitarian and NGO representative at the United Nations for the International Association of Applied Psychology.  Dr Judy provided psychological first aide after 9/11 at Ground Zero and at the Family Assistance Center in NYC, as well as after other disasters including Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, the Asian tsunami, earthquakes in the Haiti and China.  

Including New York youth in the circle of children is significant at this time, given the upcoming 10^th anniversary of September 11 when New Yorkers will all be aware of the need for healing. Many of these children are dealing with other major stressors such as family problems, poverty, poor living conditions, and family financial problems that prevent them from essential school supplies.

“The doll exchange is based on sound psychological principles applied in other disasters, like the teddy bears given to children after 9/11, which represent ‘transitional objects’ and ‘contact comfort’ symbolic of a nurturing maternal figure offering security and safety essential for children after disasters,” adds Dr. Judy. 

At the event, an original song, “Towers of Light,” written in commemoration of 9/11 to promote healing and honor the heroes of that day will be performed by the Stand Up for Peace Project (www.towersoflightsong.com).  The song has been performed yearly at 9/11 memorials in New York, as well as in Japan and around the world, including for the Dalai Lama.

Other partners for the Event include Nozomi Terao, founder and Executive Director of HappyDoll, Inc. (www.happydoll.org) and formerly of Morgan Stanley; Russell Daisey, internationally known composer and co-founder of the Stand Up for Peace Project; Father Wismick Jean Charles, a Haitian Catholic priest who preaches in Westbury, Long Island and teaches at New York’s Fordham University; and the International Association of Applied Psychology, an NGO accredited at the United Nations. Partners in Haiti are Centre Bon Samaritan and The Haitian Action for the United Nations. 

The Back-to-School Event fosters excitement about education by creating a fun environment with confidence-building activities designed to teach kids that academic success is key to achieving future goals.  The Child and Family Institute in the Department of Psychiatry Outpatient Department provides therapeutic services to over 730 children and families with emotional, behavioral, family and learning issues.  At last year’s Back-to-School Event, 130 children and teens participated in activities to promote school achievement, study skills and self-esteem. Refreshments and backpacks and other school supplies were donated by Staples, BJs, Whole Foods, the Discovery Center and others, and a computer was raffled off. 

AVAILABLE:  Press interviews with the kids, staff, donors & participants; photos and video of the Global Kids Connect event in Haiti and photos from the doll-making by children in Japan

Contact: Becky at (603) 520-5941 - GlobeInk@mail.com

Dr. Judy Kuriansky, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and relationship expert, teacher at Columbia University Teachers College and United Nations Main NGO representative who has provided disaster relief post-9’11 and around the world after disasters in Haiti, Sri Lanka, China and the Middle East. A former reporter for WCBS-TV, WABC-TV and host of CNBC-TV “Money and Emotions” and veteran radio advice talk show host of the popular “LovePhones” show, she now appears often as a TV commentator. A former columnist for the Daily News website and the South China Morning Post, and author of many books including “The Complete Idiots Guide to a Healthy Relationship,” and “Beyond Bullets and Bombs: Grassroots peace building between Israelis and Palestinians,” she was recently awarded for Lifetime Achievement in Global Peace and Tolerance by the Friends of the United Nations.

The Global Kids Connect Project is a cross-cultural humanitarian initiative promoting healing and comfort for children after disasters that includes a workshop of stress reduction techniques, cultural experiences and exchange of dolls.  Partners include HappyDoll Inc., a Japanese-founded organization that has exchanged dolls for orphans and other children; the UN-accredited International Association of Applied Psychology; Haiti Action Youth for the United Nations; and New York’s St. Luke’s Hospital.

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John O’Melveny Woods, Noted Author, Entrepreneur Wins San Diego Book Award for  ‘Young Adult’ Category with “Return to Treasure Island”

            (San Diego, June 13, 2011) - This past weekend the esteemed Seventeenth Annual San Diego Book and Writing Awards was held at the AMN Healthcare Building and was hosted by Live Fit Magazine’s Phoebe Chongchua. 

            Up for an unprecedented two award categories was noted author and entrepreneur John O’Melveny Woods for his book with co-author Ron Pastore entitled "Jesse James' Secret" for Biography, up against Norm DeWitt’s "Grand Prix Motorcycle Racers"; Arlene Lochridge’s "A Fish Out of Water"; Jane Mitchell’s "One on One"; and Diane Welch’s "Lilian J. Rice: Architect". 

            Then in the Young Adult category, Woods’ solo book "Return to Treasure Island" tied for best Young Adult book with Laura McNeal’s, “Dark Water”; and also in category was Marty Martins, "The Blizzard".

            Woods’ 2009 “Return to Treasure Island” is a sequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s original Treasure Island.  The story of “Return to Treasure Island” is set three years after his triumphant return from Treasure Island. It includes Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins, original characters of “Treasure Island”.  Jim Hawkins learns that Long John Silver has been captured and sentenced to hang. Written in first person narrative, the book blends the cadence and style of the original Treasure Island while introducing memorable new pirate characters and locations. “Return to Treasure Island” harkens back to the days when action, mystery and adventure rode hand in hand with storytelling, and promised to entertain readers of all ages.

                Previously, “Return to Treasure Island” won a prestigious Independent Publisher’s `IPPY’ award Silver Medal for Young Adult fiction and is forwarded by LeVar Burton of Star Trek and Reading Rainbow fame. Clive Cussler stated it was ‘’creative and absorbing”.  Midwest Book Review touted it saying that, “Return to Treasure Island is a fun and fascinating read for those seeking an old school adventure novel of piracy and discovery.”

             Of this prestigious award win, Woods says, “I am extremely honored to have the chance to compete with so many other exciting authors whose work I greatly admire.  To have my book “Return to Treasure Island” recognized by the legendary San Diego writers community, and to be recognized by readers in this way is truly gratifying.”  

            The San Diego Book Awards is open to current residents of San Diego County whose books were first published in the year prior or bear a previous year copyright.  A book may be entered only once, in either the publication year or the copyright year. If a book has multiple authors, at least one coauthor must reside within San Diego County.

Self-published printed books are eligible. E-books are eligible, submitted in printed form. All submissions remain the literary property of the writer.  All published books, submission forms, and fees must be received by February of the judging year. 

            This year’s categories included:   General Nonfiction, Children's Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography, Military & Politics, Business, Local Interest, Cookbook, Travel, Science, Self-help & Inspirational, Spiritual, General Fiction, Picture Book, Young Adult, Mystery, Political/Legal Thriller, Contemporary, Short Story Collection, Anthology, Sci Fi & Fantasy, Action/Suspense, Historical, Poetry, Unpublished Novel-Adult, Unpublished Novel-Children, Unpublished Short Story, Unpublished Memoir, Unpublished Poetry Chapbook and the Theodor S. Geisel Award for "Best of the Best" Published Books

            As for Woods he continues by saying, “I thought it was just me who was fascinated by the life of pirates and ocean dwelling adventurers, but it seems my work has struck an explorer’s chord with others. I have continued tapping into that fascination of exploration in my next series of novels, `The Seekers’!, due out in the fall of 2011.

ABOUT JOHN O’MELVENY WOODS:   John O’Melveny Woods has been writing screenplays and television shows since attending USC’s School of Cinematic Arts in the early 1990’s. He founded indieTV and partnered with Microsoft Corporation to create and produce the first fully interactive television show (555 Expose) based on ATVEF set top box standards.  

His books include 10 Minute Win and Jesse James Secret, which was the basis for the highly rated television special Jesse James Hidden Treasure that premiered on the History Channel in November of 2009, of which he also Executive Produced. 

Additionally, he is the author of the highly reviewed and award winning novel Return to Treasure Island, which was the recipient of a Silver medal for book of the year by the IPBA.  He currently is finishing the first of a new series of action adventure books called The Seekers (www.TheSeekers.com).

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QUESTION:  Has Facebook Jumped the Shark?  Join us for a panel conversation at SXSW 2011

(New York, 3/6/2011) - HUM, the global news, information and content source focused on closing the `Geographic Gap’ in media, will be covering this very timely and significant question at the 2011 South By Southwest (SXSW) annual music, film, and interactive conference and festival held in Austin, TX. This panel is based on an article written by Judy Shapiro, CEO of engageSimply which appeared in Ad Age on the topic.   Scheduled for 5pm on March 13, the session is part of the popular social graph portion of the Interactive conference.

The impact of Facebook’s evolution is representative of the emerging “many to many” world that affects business, politics and how we see and react to each other globally. “Facebook has a profound influence in how the global community connects,” according to Joy DiBenedetto, CEO of HUMNEWS. “As one of the predominant social networking platforms in existence globally, aiming to have 3 billion users, or just about half the planet, by 2017, its audience can alter how the world learns about what is going on. We’re proud to be the facilitators of this important session.”

HUM CEO Joy DiBenedetto (@HUMNEWS) and HUMMedia President Donnetta Campbell (@HUMMEDIA will moderate this interactive session to be held as an audience/panel "town hall” format to enable vigorous audience discussion. “The impact of Facebook is affecting marketers and ‘Judy Consumer’ in ways never experienced,” explained Ms. Shapiro, “Now more than ever, Facebook has global impacts and HUMNEWS is uniquely positioned to meditate this ground breaking discussion.”

The purpose of this session is to bring perspective to a few questions:

•        Is Facebook a trusted social network and if so, what does it stand for today?

•        As the keepers of the greatest data stores on individuals anywhere, how do we hold Facebook accountable to marketers and Judy Consumer alike?

•        How does a social network differ from a trusted community of interest and why it matters?

•        What is Facebook’s value to marketers at an ROI level and how do we measure it?

•        How do social networks balance marketers’ demands for precision targeting with “Judy Consumer’s” right to digital privacy?

The panel includes a broad range of innovative thought leaders within the social and mobile spaces: Judy Shapiro (@judyshapiro), CEO of engageSimply, Mark Rosner (@mark_rosner), CEO of ZEDGE, the largest mobile content destination, Kunur Patel (@kunur), digital reporter for Advertising Age, Hank Wasiak (@hankwasiak), an award winning ad industry veteran and partner at The Concept Farm and Mark Sherwood (@markysherwood) Saatchi’s Head of Integrated Planning. For more information about this panel, http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP8414.

Ogilvy, the international advertising, marketing and public relations agency has selected this session, along with a very limited group of panel sessions, as one they will graphically record. This means an artist will visually document this SXSW panel session in real-time, and then share their interpretation via Ogilvy's online channel (http://ogilvynotes.com/) and with limited-edition prints in the SXSW Trade Show Day Stage. Ogilvy is only able to provide this service for a so it is quite an honor to be selected.   More information on this program, along with examples of work from all the talented artists involved, can be found here:  http://ogilvynotes.com/.

For more information about all sessions at SXSW, please visit: http://schedule.sxsw.com/.

About HUMNEWS

HUMNEWS, is a global news service focused on closing the global information and media gap with a focus on Corporate Social Responsibility (@CSRCooperative) communications.  HUM is seeking its place in the international content universe committed to and known as the source for news, information and expertise from the “GEOGRAPHIC GAP” and indeed the whole of the planet.  As the first news agency ever to develop media to inform a global populace with a full geographic picture, HUM journalism focuses on the universality of the human experience and our communal social existence in business, life and at play; showcasing commonalities of life without boundaries of borders, age, race, sex, creed, color, locale, culture or –ism.  HUM’s CSR Cooperative is a Mashable `Top 5’ winner for its 2010 `Most Creative Social Good Campaign’ Award.  For more information go to www.humnews.com.  engageSimply is a Strategic technology Partner to HUMNews.

About engageSimply

engageSimply, is a marketing and social media technology agency based in New York that creates “many to many” integrated social-based marketing systems. Judy is also Chief Brand Strategy advisor for CloudLinux, a new tech venture serving the web hosting/ ecommerce market. An industry veteran, Judy has a deep sense of technology marketing trends and how technology is impacting average consumers in her “@JudyConsumer” articles featured in HuffingtonPost. The company’s Interaction Engine platform merges the depth of direct marketing’s best practices with the latest technology in “Community of Interest” marketing, resulting in “enteraction” – engaged interaction and conversion. HUMMedia is the Corporate Communications Strategic Partner to engageSimply.  For more information, please visit: http://www.humnews.com/hummedia/

About SXSW

South By Southwest (SXSW) is an annual music, film, and interactive conference and festival held in Austin, TX. Celebrating its 25th anniversary beginning as a music festival, SXSW has not only become one of the most revered music events but has converged with film and new media. Known as “a breeding ground for new ideas and creative technologies,” the SXSW Interactive Festival includes conference panel discussions featuring some of the key players in the emerging technological world in a progressive educational forum. Gathering to imagine the future of the industry, those who spearhead the interactive technology world combine for five days to highlight and present inventive programming, new websites, digital projects, wireless applications video games and innovative start-ups.

For Press and PR Contact:

Judy Shapiro: CEO, engageSimply

(917) 617-3916 - judy.shapiro@engagesimply.com

Donnetta Campbell: HUMMedia

(203) 434 3548 - humanunlimitedmedia@gmail.com

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The U.S.-Africa Business Leader's Convention Presents The Premier Inaugural Conference for African Business Leaders and Investment Partners  “Building Critical Partnerships for Market Acceleration: Africa, Open For Business”

(February 11, 2011-Las Vegas, Nevada) -- For the first time ever, the city of Las Vegas, is preparing to welcome hundreds of African Business Executives from countries such as Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia for two days of meetings with their counterparts from the US, for the first-annual Africa - USA Business Executives Convention and Expo.

The conference is designed to explore and create relationships and alliances between business leaders of both continents, allowing them to meet investment partners in a dynamic and vibrant environment of panels and exhibits.   

The inaugural U.S.-Africa Business Leader's Convention takes place at Bally’s Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 14-15, 2011 and brings together Small and Medium Size (SME) businesses, and State Chambers of Commerce officials in the U.S., with Small and Medium Size businesses from targeted African countries for the purpose of forming sustainable and capacity-building agribusiness partnerships locally, regionally and internationally.

Why Africa?  

“Many global commentators agree that this is the `African Century’.  For investors, this means an understanding of the available opportunities as well as offering the chance to develop meaningful relationships among those doing business together,” says Ted Alemayhu, Executive Chairman of Africa-USA Business Executives Conference and Expo.  

Five areas have been identified as being the most attractive for growth, namely Agriculture, Banking and Finance, Energy-Oil and Gas, Telecom and the Aviation, Travel & Tourism industry. All will be featured at this year’s meeting.  

Agriculture:  Due to rapidly expanding markets such as China and India, there has been an increase in demand for global food supplies; the trend has caused price inflation in the last three years. An ever growing gap is becoming more urgent, especially for governments, where recent examples of world social unrest prove that food security is crucial.  According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), only 14% of Africa’s 184 million hectares of usable land are currently under cultivation and agriculture accounts for 17% of GDP and 57% employment. This means that Africa is the new breadbasket of the world.  A special presentation and panel featuring renowned experts from the UAE Canada and the US is scheduled for the convention opening day.

Banking & Finance: Considered one of the fastest growing businesses in Africa, this industry earns billions of dollars every year. The private and public sector’s strategic relations have made this sector the top winning venture of all. Some of the world’s leading financial experts, bankers, and entrepreneurs from the Banking industry across Africa will attend the conference.

Energy:   Top Executives from the massive Petroleum and Renewable Energy sector at the summit will highlight an ever-growing investment opportunity in the energy industry throughout the African continent.

Telecommunications:  Africa is the world’s fastest growing user market of telecommunications, with over a billion people. A developing telecom infrastructure means investing in this industry has become a win-win.  Africa’s top executives will be joined by investors in a special panel on the 2nd day of the convention.  

Travel & Tourism:  A vital part of the continent’s economic stimulus for job growth and investment, there is a growing demand for affordable/reliable airline routes and airport infrastructure improvements. Executives from throughout Africa and the US at the convention will participate in special panels highlighting Hotel & Lodging and Marketing Strategies which emphasize strategic capacity development. 

The conference will be chaired Ted Alemayhu-Executive Chairman of Africa-USA Business Executives Conference and Expo; and hosted by Dr. Judy Kuriansky-Main Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council for the WCP and of the International Association of Applied Psychology and Board member of U.S. Doctors for Africa, and by Dr. Patrick Wilson, Administrator of BIG-Africa Partnerships Secretariat.

Esteemed participants will include: attendees and exhibitors from all key industries, including Construction and Development, Information-Technology, Health and Education, and Mining.  The historic gathering will also include global executives and investors from France, England, Canada, The United Arab Emirates and China.  At the end of the two day conference, a collective memorandum of understanding will be signed among the participants to continue discussions begun at the meetings.

Speakers and panelists include: the Ambassadors and Trade Ministers of Zambia-Mr. Sebastian Kopulande, CEO-Zambian International Trade and Investment Centre and Vice-President, Zambia Association of Manufacturers; Kevin Harriger, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Steve Hawkins, FSIS/USDA; Craig Fedchock, APHIS/USDA; Lucombo Luveia, Embassy of Angola, Washington, D.C.–“The Angola Project”; Dr. Judith Lungu, YWCA, Zambia, “The Zambia 30-30-30 Project”;  Mrs. Lumba Siyanga, Women for Change, “The Zambia 30-30-30 plus Project”, Zambia;  Sebastian Kopulande, “ZITIC Partnerships”; Elizabeth Sichinga, - “Zambia Rising”;  Chief Funsho Abiri, President/CEO Nigeria-USA Export & Investment Group (NUEIG); Kerry Moore, President/Chairman, K.B.M. Foundation Inc; Joe Wynn, VET-Force, “Renewable Energy-the Veterans Project”; John Kilama, Regulatory Laboratory Specialists, “Regulatory Laboratories in Africa Project”; C. Knox LaSister, “Building for the future; Sylvester Okere, Watchman Protective Services, Inc-“U.S.-Africa Security Project; Mr. Robert Sichinga, Strategic Shift; and Mr. Moses Shimenba, ZDA Zambia Development Agency.

Participating financial institutions include: OPIC, The Standard Bank, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Societe Generale.  

The first Africa - USA Business Executives Convention is produced by Africa-USA Trade & Investment, a California-based private firm dedicated to building a strategic business relationship between U.S. and African private firms as well as governmental entities; with considerable input from the U.S. Department of State (USDoS), Department of Commerce (DoC), U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Customs and Border Control, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with their African counterparts from selected African countries. Presentations will be given to inform, advise and demystify the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).  The exclusive media partner for the two day event is HUMNEWS (www.humnews.com).

For more information regarding The U.S.-Africa Business Leader's Convention, visit our website @ http://www.africanbizconvention.com/ or please contact:

Joy DiBenedetto

+404-558-0858

joydibenedetto@humnews.com

Follow developments of the conference at HUMNEWS, on Facebook and on TWITTER.

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Friends of the UN Announces 2011 Tolerance Awardees: 

Honors Dr. Judy Kuriansky with 2011 Lifetime Achievement in Global Peace and Tolerance, 

Nejeed Kassam as first Youth Ambassador  

H/U/M and FOTUN Launches Tolerance Awareness Campaign, “Wear My Hat” with Awards

U.N. Ceremony streams live on The Huntington Buzz   (www.HuntingtonBuzz.tv) 

     New York, NY 1/21/11 – Dr. Noel Brown, President of Friends of the United Nations (FOTUN) announces that as Friends of the UN grows to become the world’s largest and most connected community of global citizens working to support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and the ideals of the United Nations, the association has named its two new honorees for 2011’s Global Peace and Tolerance Awards.

     “To help people see that fundamentally all people are the same, though we wear different hats, have different lives and grow up culturally different, then we might begin to realize we can take deeper steps of global engagement towards a more peaceful, tolerant world. Further, we can get things done to overcome dire global circumstances, and achieve these goals together,” said Dr. Brown. 

     FOTUN's Rusudan Grigolia is the creator and designer of the "wear my hat " initiative and the hats used in the UN ceremonies. The first hat to symbolize the worldwide campaign will be awarded to Nejeed Kassam, as our First-Ever Youth Ambassador, and to Dr. Judy Kuriansky, with the Friends of the UN 2011 Awardee for a Lifetime Achievement in Global Peace and Tolerance.  The award ceremony will take place during the Opening of the Friday Session of the 8th Annual Youth Assembly at the United Nations™, at UN Headquarters in New York on January 21. The awards will be presented by Joy DiBenedetto, founder of H/U/M a global news source www.HUMNEWS.com.  H/U/M is seeking its place in the international content universe and is committed to and known as the source for news, information and expertise from the “GEOGRAPHIC GAP”™.  H/U/M is partnering with both organizations and developing the FOTUN’s Youth Tolerance Awareness Campaign, launching at this February’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Event streams live on The Huntington Buzz (www.HuntingtonBuzz.tv) Click this link (Friday January 21) to watch at 11:00am EST: http://www.huntingtonbuzz.tv/the_latest.php 

     The Youth Assembly was created and is hosted by the Friendship Ambassadors Foundation (www.faf.org).  The Foundation is formally associated with the UN Department of Public Information and an NGO in Operational Relations with UNESCO.  Dr. Kuriansky is an internationally acclaimed clinical psychologist, humanitarian, and journalist and Main United Nations NGO representative for the International Association of Applied Psychology and the World Council of Psychotherapy. She and Mr. Kassam, our Youth Ambassador, will work as a team, directly with the global youth delegates in a think tank.  They plan to focus on field models in Haiti and Africa that advance the MDGs, as well as the role of youth and the importance of tolerance in these efforts. 

     “Dr. Judy Kuriansky is the epitome of the global, responsible citizen we want all people on the planet to strive to be. For years she has tirelessly given her talent and time to causes of peace which make the world a better and more tolerant place for many,” said Dr. Brown. 

     In receiving the prestigious honor, Dr. Kuriansky joins such luminaries as Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, the Honorable Mikhail Gorbachev, Melba Moore, Maestro Zubin Metha, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alanis Morissette, Kyai Haji Abdurrahman Wahid and Sergio Vieira de Mello (Posthumous), who signify what being a ‘Friend of the UN’ means, and becomes an Ambassador for its ideals and goals.

     A well-known radio call-in advice host for decades, Dr. Kuriansky is on the adjunct faculty of Columbia University Teachers College and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and a Visiting Professor at Beijing Health Science Center, and has done disaster relief worldwide including after the Asian tsunami and earthquakes in Haiti and China.  She also serves on the Boards of the Peace Division of the American Psychological Association and U.S. Doctors for Africa.     

     “My first event with my ‘New Hat’ of Tolerance as a ‘Friends of the UN’ Ambassador,” says Dr. Kuriansky, “will be to announce a ‘call to action’ at the upcoming Youth Assembly at the United Nations, inviting young people to join me in becoming a Friend of the UN, to work together to foster mutual understanding and appreciation of diversity.”  Dr. Kuriansky, whose recent book Beyond Bullets and Bombs about grassroots peace building, chronicles youth efforts towards mutual understanding, tolerance and cooperation. “Youth have an important role to play in promoting and embodying the ideals which the UN charter set out 60 years ago.”   The United Nations International Year of Youth began in August 2010.   

     Additionally, in her new role, Dr. Kuriansky will ‘Share Her Hat’ with Friends of the UN 2011 Youth Ambassador Nejeed Kassam who, at 24, embodies the hope and acceptance that we want to see in the future world. 

     Dr. Kuriansky says, “Nejeed is an aspiring change-maker devoted to helping other youth to appreciate diversity.  At a young age he is the creator and director of the High on Life campaign and the editor of the book High on Life: Stories of Hope, Change, and Leadership. He is the founder of the international NGOs ‘End Poverty Now’ where he continues to work as the organization's Executive Director, as well as Networks for Change.”

     Adds Dr. Brown, “Nejeed Kassam IS the change we want to see in the world. As a young person who will inherit the world we are proud to name him as a Youth Friend of the United Nations and believe his own future actions will benefit the whole world, as his current initiatives at such an early age have shown.”

     As an Ambassador for Friends of the UN, Dr. Kuriansky will wear her Tolerance hat at many events and invite others to `Wear My Hat’ as a symbol of their commitment to tolerance.  For example,  Dr. Judy will also be joining H/U/M and MadChill TV (www.MadChill.tv) at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week this coming February at Lincoln Center, Manhattan in conjunction with the Friends of the UN initiative to interface with designers, models and celebs on the importance of international equality as being always "in style.  “I want to show that tolerance and peace is chic,” says Kuriansky, who’s Stand Up for Peace Project plays at peace concerts and done seminars about peace and conflict resolution worldwide.

     Friends of the United Nations will further its mission on the H/U/M platform  with events, content, media campaigns and dialogue conferences related to important issues world peoples must face together, asking individuals, corporations, NGOs and governments alike to become a member and partner in its goals for the future.

     “We have only one world in this life, and for now, only one planet on which to live together,” says Dr. Brown. “For the foreseeable future, we must find new ways to create, collaborate and move forward – in tolerance and peace – or, I fear we won’t.”

About Friends of the UN: Founded in 1985, Friends of the United Nations (FOTUN) is an independent, non-partisan organization dedicated to increasing awareness of the United Nations' activities through partnerships with educational institutions, corporations, media, international governments and NGOs to bridge the gap between ideas necessary to achieve global progress and collaboration of people worldwide in actual work on issues of peace, human rights, the environment, children and responsible social and economic development.  To join Friends of the UN visit www.FOTUN.org.

About H/U/M: A global news source www.HUMNEWS.com.  H/U/M is seeking its place in the international content universe committed to and known as the source for news, information and expertise from the “GEOGRAPHIC GAP™. For more information go to www.humnews.com

Contact:   Donnetta Campbell

HUMMedia

Humanunlimitedmedia@gmail.com

203 434 3548

(January 18, 2011) --- HUMMoney and The Cornell Club – New York present “Money . . . More Money,” a financial series hosted by CNN's founding financial editor Myron Kandel, and including the "All Ivy" schools’ network of alumni! 

These events will be open to House Members of The Cornell Club – New York and to members of New York’s Ivy League Clubs including Columbia, Harvard, The University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Yale, and Williams College.  This event includes a formal evening of cocktails, dinner, networking and learning from a panel of financial experts.  We will also be live streaming the event on http://www.huntingtonbuzz.tv/the_latest.php.

The second panel in the series, “Should Women Rule the Investment World?” will be held Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at The Cornell Club.  Moderated by Myron Kandel, the discussion will focus on topics including:

-       For the first time in history women control the majority of our wealth, but are we financially literate?

-       What are the roles of regulators, fiduciaries and disclosure requirements in general? 

-       The financial crisis and recession have made it clear that the old rules aren't working. While  women  don't have a corner on the market for fresh ideas, we need new perspectives and new rules to avoid future economic catastrophes. What role can women play?   

-       Panelists will include:  Muriel “Mickie” Siebert, the first woman member of the NYSE; Nancy Trejos, author and personal finance writer for The New York Times; Jason Zweig, author and columnist for the Wall Street Journal; Liz Weston, author and widely-read personal finance columnist on the internet; and Carolina Fernandez, VP Investments Source Capital and founder of the SHEeo Network. 

The evening will begin with a cocktail reception from 6:00-6:30, with the formal panel discussion from 6:30-7:45.  Guests are invited to join the panelists for dinner following the program.  Seating for dinner is limited.

HUMMoney will cover the event @HUMNEWS.COM/MONEY.  For more information visit the HUMMoney Events tab on Facebook or The Cornell Club website at www.cornellclubnyc.com/events.  The previous panel, “How to Survive the Financial Tsunami,” is now available for viewing at http://www.humnews.com/money/

HUMMoney will also be sharing a few major announcements for 2011, including announcing their first market to market partnership to furnish content “helping investors help themselves” through a branded HUMMoney syndication on www.huntingtonbuzz.tv; while also announcing dates for a new “Money...More Money” Investor Educational “All-Ivy” Breakfast series with Contributing Editor Greg Lewin leading the discussions and produced by MadChill Productions, Inc.

General inquiries regarding the event or HUMMoney should go to humanunlimitedmedia@gmail.com.  

For more information regarding HUMMoney visit www.humnews.com/money.

Principal “Money…More Money”  Bios

“Should Women Rule the Investment World?” panel, to be held Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at The Cornell Club – New York

MYRON KANDEL (Moderator) - Myron Kandel is one of the nation's best-known financial journalists. As one of the founders of CNN, he pioneered financial news on television and served as the network's financial editor and economic commentator for 25 years. In 2000, he was named one of the 10 most influential financial journalists of the 20th century.  Kandel previously served as the financial editor of three newspapers:  The Washington Star, the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Post.  He was also a reporter for The New York Times, a foreign correspondent for the Herald Tribune, covering Germany and the European Common Market, a syndicated newspaper columnist, and the editor of the New York Law Journal. His 1982 book, How to Cash in on the Coming Stock Market Boom, accurately forecast the biggest bull market in American history, which began later that year.

MURIEL SIEBERT (Panelist) – Muriel "Mickie" Siebert is President, CEO and Chairwoman of Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., the brokerage firm she established two years after becoming the first woman member of the New York Stock Exchange in 1967. From 1977 to 1982 she took a leave from her firm to serve as New York State's first woman Superintendent of Banks. Today, her firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siebert Financial Corp., (Nasdaq: SIEB), and a certified Women's Business Enterprise whose Capital Markets Group last year participated in approximately $100 billion of global debt and equity offerings. 

NANCY TREJOS (Panelist) – Nancy Trejos has been a staff writer for The Washington Post for 11 years. She has covered schools, local government, and the Iraq war. In February 2007, Ms. Trejos joined the business section of the Post, where she covered real estate as the real estate boom went bust. In November 2007, she became the Post’s personal finance writer. Ms. Trejos has also written pieces for Latina magazine and the Washington Post Magazine. Prior to arriving at the Post, Ms. Trejos wrote for the Los Angeles Times. Her first book, “Hot (Broke) Messes – How to Have Your Latte and Drink It, Too,” takes readers on her journey from dire financial straits to financial solvency. 

JASON ZWEIG (Panelist) - Jason Zweig is the investing and personal finance columnist for The Wall Street Journal.  He is the author of “Your Money and Your Brain,” on the neuroscience of investing (Simon & Schuster, 2007).  Zweig is also the editor of the revised edition of Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor (HarperCollins, 2003), the classic text that Warren Buffett has described as “by far the best book about investing every written.”  From 1995 through 2008 he was a senior writer for Money magazine; before joining Money, he was the mutual funds editor at Forbes.  Zweig has also been a guest columnist for Time magazine and cnn.com.  He has served as a trustee of the Museum of American Finance, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, and sits on the editorial boards of Financial History magazine and The Journal of Behavioral Finance.  A graduate of Columbia University, Zweig lives in New York City. 

LIZ WESTON (Panelist) – Liz Weston is the most-read personal finance columnist on the Internet, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. She’s the author of  “Your Credit Score: Your Money and What’s at Stake,” a national best-seller that was recently published in a third edition (March 2009, FT Press). Her next book, “The 10 Commandments of Money,” will be published in January 2011. Liz’s columns run twice a week on MSN Money.  She’s also a columnist for AARP Magazine, and her Q&A column “Money Talk” appears in newspapers throughout the country, including the Los Angeles Times, the Palm Beach Post, the Portland Oregonian, Stars & Stripes and others. Liz is a regular commentator on American Public Media’s “Marketplace Money” and has contributed to NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” and “All Things Considered.” She appears on “Dr. Phil,” “Today Show” and NBC Nightly News, and for several years was a weekly commentator on CNBC’s “Power Lunch.” She was awarded the 2010 Betty Furness Consumer Media Award by the Consumer Federation of America, to honor individuals who have made “exceptional progress in American consumerism.”

CAROLINA FERNANDEZ (Panelist) – Carolina Fernandez is Vice President of Investments at Source Capital Group in Westport, a boutique independent investment bank and brokerage. Previously, she worked at Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and IBM. She is the author of two books: ROCKET MOM!  and Country French Kitchens.  Her upcoming third book is a creative guide for women investors. Her writing has appeared in over two hundred original published articles, columns, stories and anthologies, which have been syndicated by more than 50,000 unique online sites, blogs and newsletters. A public speaker, she has been featured on the FOX Business News program Your World with Neil Cavuto, as well as dozens of radio and TV programs nationwide. She has been quoted by Parenting, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Nickelodeon, NewsDay, BottomLine Personal and Advertising Age. She is the founder of the SHEeo Network, the women’s networking club of New York City’s Cornell Club, and Co-Founder of Women in Power.

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Donnetta Campbell, HUMMedia                                        Joy DiBenedetto, HUMMedia

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